THE RECENT TROUBLES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1930, 12 November 1906, Page 3

THE RECENT TROUBLES.

matters still unsettled,

FIIE-S ASSOCIATION

Co’-i'-chuich,last night. 00-nids imd iniidr .he Esmbtiion jia s-riiav to- caul eotj o of so far as the I.itfcrnfi.iun-;! F.-.ir is oorasroeti ihii G ibinet’s n org miaatioa eohccae The goo. r Jly opinion is that Mr Mu.’iro has no. had powers curtail:d tn any w,y. and that the ?. a . r . e in his official designation •r. r> mha= ...othlDg. Tbo Govern meet's prrpaaaif ls vo "provided much d saatitf m.ion amongst tho committees, and cepacta-ly ihe ceremonial end entertoiomont committee, Mso among-t the Commissioner*. \T*-»«ra K-eca end Booth yoaterday enuea; “ 1 So obtain an interview wish Colonel Pi siihavc. be position of the Commie - ' soners definitely defined, the offeoi being to enable them so decide wnat action they hmtdtoke. For some rot.-on or o.aer £ r!n“S««»=‘ «**? «* •“* aiteruoon Colonel Pit: states that ho_ nai not hud any commcinifla.ton from oimor Oommislionets or ooramittees, and ma, tbera-w> no f.-osh developments.

A prominent member of tho entertainmerit committee last night indicated that j a mooting of the committee mid been . called for yesterday afternoon, but as the | dav was practically a holiday noth ug could be definitely decided before Jto:,day. There is a strong impression .mt the'committee will resign. _

One committeeman earlier in the day j tn'ormed the Star that he had no doubt the other committeemen would foci as lie aid that the only course was to resign. Eor the past six or seven months members of the committee had, he said, worked hard in the interests of the Exhibition, and had put up with an amount of un-

pleasantness and even insult that no outsider could appreciate, and now it was announced that “ it was not suggested that the entertainment committee should be disbanded, but that there should bo a of the authority under the direct control of the Minister, with a view m helping forward the entertainment Sk ot Exhibition.” Io iho face of ihah..the. .gomnaituemen said, tbs com"

m'ttoo could only ask to bo relieved from further duty. Tho gonoral feeling among membora is that Mr Munro will huvo powers almost as supremo and autoorutio as thoso oxoioised by him up to tho p:o‘ont time. Homo of tha Oonnuis doners, if not nil, are determined that they will not acoopta pnr. ly uomtn il position, and tln»t if Mr Mimro’s rolati uis with thorn are not miprtved Utt-y w 1. retire. It is probable that thoso vox d questions wul bn aetti. d one way or the uthor tomo. row.

Ic ij nndorstood that the tostimonia s which she Commissioners of the Exoibiliot 151 c getting up for P 'flsnn'niion to h. • Alolntyni, direotot of mo Exhibition, in acknowledgment of hts valuable sorvioos and hi:, unfailing urbanity, will include several handrnl soverrig.ie. Tue Httondancj iv, ibe Exhibition yesUrday was 17 578. Colonel list was slightly iuvisposeu vcsUrday, and did not leave hij homo. He had u bug oouforeucs with tho I’i'etuier during tho day on mutters relating to the Exhibition. Miss Navolio’s unnagor states tln.t nothing fuith.r has transpired between him am< the Exhibition author,tios t*ospooling the refusal of Nartdlu to sing, though there is some talk of the authorities insiitutiug au ueiion fur damages,